Track your time with HEY Calendar

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Analysis Summary

10% Minimal Influence

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“This is a transparent advertisement and tutorial; be aware that it presents the feature as seamless to encourage you to subscribe to their paid ecosystem.”

Ask yourself: “Did I notice what this video wanted from me, and did I decide freely to say yes?”

Transparency Transparent

Human Detected

90%

Signals

The content is a standard product feature demo from a reputable software company (37signals) that prioritizes authentic, human-centric communication. The brevity and specific instructional nature of the transcript are consistent with a human-recorded screencast.

Brand Identity 37signals is a well-established software company known for a distinct, opinionated human voice in their marketing and product design.

Speech Naturalness The transcript contains natural phrasing like 'there you go' and 'just hit the red dot' which aligns with their casual, direct communication style.

Product Demonstration The video is a specific feature walkthrough for a proprietary tool, typically recorded by the product designers or developers themselves.

Worth Noting

Positive elements

This video provides a clear, 43-second visual demonstration of how time tracking is integrated directly into a calendar interface, which is useful for freelancers evaluating productivity tools.

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Analyzed March 13, 2026 at 16:07 UTC Model google/gemini-3-flash-preview-20251217

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Transcript

Want to track how long you've been working on a client project? Hover over the clock icon and click the red dot. Then a little time counter starts ticking. When you're done, hit stop and finalize the details. Hit save and now your time tracked event appears in your calendar. Click it to take a look or make changes. To see all your time tracking on one page, just click the HEY menu, Time tracking, and there you go.

Video description

Try HEY today: http://www.hey.com Wanna track how long you've been writing or working on a specific thing? Just hit the red dot and get going in HEY Calendar! HEY Calendar is automatically included with HEY email. It's a fresh take on the digital calendar that makes scheduling feel less formulaic and more fun. Try it free today!